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PCAB contractors can now pay licensing and registration fees online
The Department of Trade and Industry- Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (DTI-CIAP) and the Landbank of the Philippines entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on 12 February 2018 to provide fast and efficient alternative payment collection services to CIAP clients such as PCAB contractors. Since end of April 2018, contractors can directly transact with the Landbank Payment gateway for online payment of monetary obligations to CIAP-PCAB, i.e., payment of fees and charges relative to licensing and registration application, among others. The Landbank Link.BizPortal is an alternative channel that offers a safer and more convenient means to pay government fees anytime, anywhere. It will allow contractors to pay licensing and registration fees and charges assessed by CIAP-PCAB online or manually; with the following transaction charges: Payment Source/Option Transaction Fee Remarks LANDBANK ATM Cards/Visa Debit Cards P10.00* BancNet Member-Bank’s ATM/ Debit Cards P20.00* Globe GCash P20.00* P30.00* for transactions up to P999 for transactions P1,000 and above *per transaction As of now, the following of bancnet member banks are being accepted for Landbank E-payment: Asia United Bank; BPI Direct BanKo; CTBC Bank; Citystate Savings Bank; DBP; Enterprise Bank; Entrepreneur Bank; Equicom Savings Bank; MASS SPECC; Malayan Bank; PBCom; Phil Postal Savings Bank; Philtrust Bank; Sterling Bank of Asia; Sun Savings Bank; and Tianong Rural Bank. For more information, contractors may visit CIAP’s website... read moreTrade chief highlights importance of product packaging to MSMEs: Pack! Pinas roadshow wraps up before hundreds of regional entrepreneurs
CAVITE — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez emphasized the importance of well-designed product packaging to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the final leg of the Pack! Pinas roadshow last 29 May in Cavite. “As part of the mandate given by President Rodrigo Duterte to help MSMEs, DTI is applying a 360-degree approach in MSME development,” said Secretary Lopez. “Part of this is levelling up the product packaging, for it to standout in the market place. The packaging serves also as the advertising at the point of sale. MSMEs are not usually exposed to the latest trend, designs, and on how best to present and preserve product quality and they are often hampered by the required Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) that limits their capability to improve their packaging, and these are the barriers being solved in these fora and expo”, Lopez said. Cavite is the final stop of the packaging roadshow. The Visayas leg was held in Tacloban last 3 – 4 May and was attended by 508 participants, 317 of them MSMEs. Meanwhile, the Mindanao leg in Cagayan de Oro City was attended by 720 participants, 501 of which were MSMEs. Though this round of the roadshow draws to a close, Sec. Lopez assured MSMEs that the roadshow will roll out in other regions soon. With the aim of bringing packaging experts and suppliers closer to MSMEs throughout the Philippines, visitors during the two-day event in Cavite were treated to business matching sessions; seminars on packaging, branding, and design; and workshops and interactive training sessions. Packaging suppliers who participated also waived their required... read more
PCCI-Aklan wants review of cancellation of flights
By Jun Aguirre – May 24, 2018 KALIBO, Aklan—The local chapter of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI-Aklan) urges government, especially the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, to review the cancellation of several plane flights at the Kalibo International Airport (KIA). PCCI-Aklan Secretary-General Guidon de la Cruz said several flights to and from Metro Manila and Cebu have been canceled after nearby Boracay Island was ordered closed for six months starting on April 26. The closure also saw airline companies doubling ticket prices bound for the KIA. “Because of this, businessmen, students and balikbayans have to travel to other nearby airports, such as the Caticlan Airport and the Roxas City Airport, to go to Manila. Direct flights to Cebu have also been canceled,” de la Cruz said. “The reduction of commercial flights at the KIA created economic difficulties for both passengers and cargo traffic,” he added. Meanwhile, the roll-on, roll-off service from Caticlan to Batangas port is also full, brought about by summer travel and strong basic trade between Luzon and the Visayas region, he added. The PCCI-Aklan board has filed a resolution to engage airline firms in consultation, thereby encouraging them to provide additional flight for Manila-Kalibo and restore the Kalibo-Cebu route even on limited basis. “The reduction of plane flights also does not help promote local tourism, trade and commerce, which are supposed to be increasing due to expansion of e-commerce, resulting into convenience in the movement of people and goods across our islands,” de la Cruz further said. Read...Location profiles to replace NWC as next potential ICT BPM sites
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 14 (PIA)–There is a current move by information communication technology (ICT) and business process management (BPM) bigwigs to shake off the list of next wave cities (NWC) in lieu of a more reliable location profile. No less than Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) president Jonathan de Lazurriaga bared this at the Kapihan sa PIA Thursday, a day before Bohol opens its doors again to prospecting investors during the Bohol ICT Summit. ICT and BPM investors especially the big ticket call center companies into business process out sourcing have always looked for possible locations of expansion of operations. This need pushed local industry leaders to rank potential locations and called them the NWC where in a list, the industry stakeholders update over the years. Lazurriaga explained that the NWC is a distinction given to possible locations all over the country based on four identified factors. He said one factor considered is the availability of local talents like call center workers aptly trained adopting a global standard for competitiveness. Under this, he explained that a place must have sufficient training institutions that come up to quality and quantity of the graduates to hopefully man the possible investments. Secondly, national industry stakeholders look for the most business friendly environment in a location. Investors especially in the BPO would like to settle in an area that would be easy to make business with, safe where crime and corruption is inexistent to low. Third, BPM investors want power and water service utilities that are cheap and reliable, the location is safe and costs of living is manageable, social issues like traffic,...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Brigada Eskwela 2016, opisyal nang gibuksan
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 30 (PIA)– Opisyal nang gibuksan karong adlawa ang tinuig nga Brigada Eskwela sa Department of Education (DepEd) diin ang mga estudyante, magtutudlo mga ginikanan ug uban pang volunteers magtinabangay sa paghinlo sa mga tunghaan sa dili pa magsugod ang klase. Ang Brigada Eskwela 2016 nagdala sa tema nga “Tayo Para sa Paaralang Ligtas, Maayos, at Handa Mula Kindergarten Hanggang Senior High School” ug molanat kini taman sa Hunyo 4, adlaw nga Sabado. Tumong niini dili lamang aron i-andam ang mga tunghaan sa pagbalik sa mga estudyante, apan aron usab i-andam ang tibuok nga implementasyon sa K to 12 program. Alas 6 ganinang buntag gisugdan sa DepEd Tagbilaran City Division ang pagpahigayon sa caravan gikan sa Plaza Rizal ning dakbayan paingon sa CPG Avenue, Tamblot Street, B. Inting Street, Calceta Street, Eastern Cogon, Cogon, Booy South, Booy Main, Taloto, Ubujan, Manga, Tiptip, San Isidro, Cabawan, Dao, Dampas, City East, Mansasa, Bool, nibalik sa CPG avenue ug natapos sa Don Cecilio Putong National High School diin didto gipahigayon ang hamubong programa. Samtang ang DepEd Bohol Division nisugod sa ilang Brigada Eskwela caravan sa may alas 6 sa buntag paingon sa lungsod sa Bien Unido diin gipahigayon ang programa ug opisyal nga pagbukas sa Brigada sa Carlos P. Garcia Technical Vocation School sa maong lungsod. Sa maong programa, gigantihan ang mga mananaog sa Brigada Eskwela 2015. Una nang gibutyag sa bag-o lang gipahigayon nga Kapihan sa PIA ni Bohol Division Superintendent Wilfreda Bongalos nga ang Lila National High School (LNHS) ubos sa principal niini nga si Cerlito Romero ang mananaog sa lalawigan sa Bohol isip pinakamaayo nga Balik Eskwela...Publiko, gi-awhag sa pag-display sa bandila sa PH alang sa Nat’l Flag Days
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 30 (PIA)–Gi-awhag sa Malakanyang ang tanang Pilipino sa pag-display sa bandila sa Pilipinas sa tanang mga opisina, ahensya, business establishments, tunghaan ug bisan ang mga pribadong balay gikan karong adlawa, Mayo 28 hangtud Hunyo 12. Kini isip pagtimaan sa National Flag Days nga gi-deklarar kaniadto ni kanhi Presidente Fidel V. Ramos. Niadtong Mayo 28, 1898 unang gihiklad ang bandila sa Pilipinas sa dihang napildi sa mga sundalong rebolusyonaryo ang pwersa sa mga Kastila sa Battle of Alapan sa Imus Cavite. Sa maong adlaw usab wala pa pormal nga gipagawas sa publiko ang pag-anunsyo sa nasudnong bandila ug una kining pormal nga gipahibalo sa publiko niadtong Hunyo 12, 1898. Sukad 1919 hangtud 1940, matag Oktubre kini gitimaan apan sugod niadtong tuig 1941, gihimo na kining Hunyo 12 diin una kining gihiklad sa Kawit. Apan sa proklamasyon usab ni kanhi Presidente Diosdado Macapagal, gibalik sa Mayo 28 ang National Flag Day. Niadtong Mayo 23, 1994, nagpagawas og Executive Order si Ramos nga gipatas-an ang pagtimaan sa National Flag Days gikan Mayo 28 hangtud Hunyo 12 nga gisunod pa gihapon hangtud karon....Problema sa job-skill mismatch sa nasod, tutokan sa gimugnang career guidance advocacy plan
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 27 (PIA)–Sa pagtuon nga gihimo sa Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), ang job-skill mismatch ang usa sa mga nag-unang hinungdan nganong daghan ang walay trabaho sa Pilipinas ilabi na sa mga kabataan. Tungod niini, nag-unang tumong sa gimugnang Career Guidance Advocacy Plan nga patas-an ang employment rate sa nasod ug makahatag og trabahong tukma sa kursong natapos o sa katakos sa usa ka aplikante og trabaho. Kaabag ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa pagmugna sa Career Guidance Advocacy Plan ug Working Group o CGAP-WG ang nagkalain-laing ahensya sa gobyerno sama sa Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ug Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Target sa Career Guidance Advocacy Program Working Group nga tutokan ang mga kabataang wala natapos sa pagtungha ug naglisod sa pagpangita og trabaho. Apil sa plano nila ang pagmugna og mga proyektong maghatag og tukma nga trabaho bisan sa mga out of school youth sa nasod. Matud pa sa PSA, naa sa 101.6 milyon na ang populasyon sa Pilipinas niadtong 2015. Naa sa 67 milyon niini ang adunay trabaho. Base usab sa Enero 2016 PSA Labor Force Survey, ang mga unemployed workers sa nasod naa sa 48.3% gikan 15 taman 24 anyos o kapareho sa 1.169 milyon. 47.8% usab niini o 1.157 milyon ang naa sa 25 hangtud 54 ang edad. Nikabat usab ang youth unemployment rate sa 14.4% samtang naa sa 19. 7 porsyento ang total underemployment rate....Bohol, priority target area alang sa 2016 geohazards assessment & mapping program
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 27 (PIA)–Priority target area ang lalawigan sa Bohol sa 2016 geohazards assessment and mapping program sa Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) gikan Mayo taman Hunyo 2016. Ang bahan sa MGB-DENR nagpahigayon karon og karst subsidence hazard assessment and mapping sa lalawigan. Tumong niining ilatid o ipakita ang critical zones sa sinkhole collapse, diin ang resulta niini ihatag sa mga hingtungdang local government units (LGUs) ug mga maapektuhang komunidad. Ang bahan sa MGB survey team nga gipangunahan sa ilang supervising geologist sa rehiyon 7 nga si Ma. Elena Lupo nakigkita kagahapon kang Gob. Edgar Chatto sa Governor’s Mansion ning syudad. Ang maong MGB survey team gilangkoban sa mga geologists gikan sa MGB-DENR rehiyon CAR, 1, ug rehiyon 6-12....April crimes decrease 16% as against March
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 24 (PIA)–Crimes in Bohol decreased 16% in April, a staving off of the crimes seen in both index and non index crimes, points out Camp Dagohoy spokesperson Police Superintendent Ricky de Lelis. Reporting in front of the Provincial Peace and Order Council in a meeting May 23, at the People’s Mansion, de Lelis noted the 112 crimes less in April which had 610 crimes as against the 722 in March this year. Of the total crime volume however, Camp Dagohoy, showed that 29% of them are actually traffic related incidents. Homicide for example, Camp Dagohoy said all 6 incidents recorded are traffic related as with 72% of physical injuries as well as unmentioned damage to property due to traffic incidents. March had considerably more crimes with 459 non index crimes and 263 index crimes as compared to April with 393 non -index and 217 index crimes. In a comparative chart which Camp Dagohoy prepared to show the disparity in crime tally, de Lelis also showed that of the significant index crimes, only carnapping, which is technically motorcycle napping, saw an increase of 4 cases in April. The rest show noticeable decreases: theft went down 20 crime cases, robbery at 10 less cases, physical injuries at 11 cases less, murder at 2 less, rape at 6 less and homicide one case lesser. This would then translate to 46 cases of index crimes recorded in April or some 17% decrease from March, according to de Lelis. Theft went down from 138 in March to 118 in April, robbery from 42 to 32, physical injuries from 53 to 42,...National News
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